Originally Posted by Bill Robinson
I'm all for freedom of speech but I cannot condone songs that use explicit vulgar language, promote violence in a realistic way, promote killing cops, raping women or graphic sex. These songs should not be allowed on free airwaves. If people want to buy them that is their choice.
And it seems to be getting worse.


But people find different things offensive. I find national flag-waving offensive and songs that embrace it equally so. It reminds me of imperialism, jingoism and suchlike. And those things have killed people.

That actually is my view. I only mention it here though to illustrate that people have different views.

Many of the hip-hop tracks that some commentators claim are promoting violence are actually saying completely the opposite of that. Only people's view of the culture from which they come, and the way it's portrayed in the media, leads them to judge the songs on the words used, not their meaning or content.

Steve Cooke
Stockton-on-Tees, UK
http://wwww.soundcloud.com/stevecooke